{"product_id":"the-crack-up-9780811218207","title":"The Crack-Up","description":"\u003cem\u003eThe Crack-Up\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of Fitzgerald's sudden descent at the age of thirty-nine from glamorous success to empty despair, and his determined recovery. Compiled and edited by Edmund Wilson shortly after F. Scott Fitzgerald's death, this revealing collection of his essays--as well as letters to and from Gertrude Stein, Edith Wharton, T.S. Eliot, John Dos Passos--tells of a man with charm and talent to burn, whose gaiety and genius made him a living symbol of the Jazz Age, and whose recklessness brought him grief and loss. \"Fitzgerald's physical and spiritual exhaustion is described brilliantly,\" noted \u003cem\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e: \"the essays are amazing for the candor.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFitzgerald, F. Scott:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1896, \u003cstrong\u003eF. Scott Fitzgerald\u003c\/strong\u003e attended Princeton University, joined the army during World War I, and in 1920 married Zelda Sayre and published his first novel, \u003cem\u003eThis Side of Paradise\u003c\/em\u003e. His books include \u003cem\u003eThe Beautiful and Damned\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTender Is the Night\u003c\/em\u003e. He died at the age of forty-four while working on \u003cem\u003eThe Last Tycoon\u003c\/em\u003e. New Directions also publishes Fitzgerald's \u003cem\u003eThe Crack-Up\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOn Booze\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50646674506002,"sku":"9780811218207","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_462f0369-6574-4cb9-b181-4b41d8373b03.jpg?v=1733183249","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-crack-up-9780811218207","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}